For temporary holding and transporting they'll be fine. Don't worry about the depth in the pots. Depth matters more once you go to plant them permanently. Just keep them watered. Once you've moved and decided where you want to plant them then you can dig big deep holes to put them in.

As for grafted or own root, the seller should have said what they were. If not the best way I know of to tell is that the grafted ones usually have a big knobby looking section between the roots going down and the canes going up. If you don't see that and it seems like the canes go straight up from the roots than you probably have own roots. I don't know what Wayside carries for sure but my guess is they're grafted. I don't think they grow their own so they're probably buying from large producers and most likely those are grafted because the growers can get bigger plants to market quicker and cheaper that way.

I just ordered 4 from Wayside and they're coming next week. Thank you for the pictures of what they look like! I'll probably pot in 5gal too, and then move them up to 10/15 when they get more vigorous (cross fingers they get vigorous).

Appears Queen Anne is grafted. Fine the way it's potted & you can decide to bury the graft when you transplant it. Looking at Wayside, they don't specify this rose as own root, so assume it's grafted. Most suppliers will list whether each cultivar is grafted or own root if they sell some of each, but if they specialize mainly in one or the other, they'll often only mention it if it's different from the bulk of their offerings. (Here's Wayside's list of roses they sold this season, if you want to check your roses http://tinyurl.com/opdf9x8.)

Meant to follow up on your previous post about potting these for the season & planting them in the garden of your new build later this year. http://tinyurl.com/nn6ead5 No idea what the native soil nor climate is like in your area, researched a bit & found these links that may help with establishing your new garden.

http://tinyurl.com/p99qz7x- Soil prep

http://tinyurl.com/q9cbmpl- Extension service Gardening site

http://tinyurl.com/ohe4ldy - One viewpoint on native soil & amendments for planting

http://tinyurl.com/nmolv9s- Local irrigation guidelines- from 2013 but you might look for a current schedule

Mssorkgirl: just so you know, several of my bare roots arrived from wayside with white mold. I think they packaged them on a Friday and they sat for the weekend in the heat before beginning their journey west to me. Plus the heat along the way, it's no surprise they would be moldy I guess. I did call wayside and get a partial refund which I'm happy with. I washed the roses and cut off the moldy parts. I think they will be okay.

Vasue: thanks for the info

Argh.

They said on their website they would send to Hawaii via air freight and charged additional 20 dollars to do so; instead they send it via UPS ground and now they're going city to city there like their on tour. Air would take have taken 3 days at the most ... right now it's scheduled to arrive a week and a half from when it was ordered.

Still crossing my fingers that it is worth it.